Written Answers Wednesday 13 February 2008

Scottish Executive

Civil Service Relocation

Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Small Unit Relocation policy will continue.

John Swinney: The Scottish Government’s relocation policy was launched on 28 January in conjunction with the report on the review of asset management. The relocation policy can be accessed at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/govt-locations/location-policy/asset-management. The Small Unit Relocation policy will continue.

Civil Service Relocation

Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish borders will continue to benefit from the relocation policy.

John Swinney: The Scottish Government’s relocation policy was launched on 28 January in conjunction with the report on the review of asset management. The relocation policy can be accessed at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/govt-locations/location-policy/asset-management.

  Achieving efficiency and best practice asset management are the key drivers of the new policy and within that context there are undoubtedly opportunities to be realised to recognise the benefits that relocating can bring to different parts of the country.

Scottish Government Funding

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much per head has been spent on (a) health, (b) school education, (c) justice and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, (d) transport and (e) enterprise and lifelong learning in each of the last 10 years.

John Swinney: The information requested is set out in the following tables:

  (a) Spend per Head on Health (£)

  

 1997-98
 1998-99
 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05
 2005-06
 2006-07


 856
 904
 974
 1,063
 1,231
 1,342
 1,418
 1,610
 1,741
 1,837



  (b) Spend per Head on School Education (£)

  

 1997-98
 1998-99
 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05
 2005-06
 2006-07


 425
 446
 480
 601
 660
 704
 771
 830
 890
 1,023



  (c1) Spend per head on Justice (£)

  

 1997-98
 1998-99
 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05
 2005-06
 2006-07


 170
 171
 182
 194
 205
 223
 235
 270
 292
 291



  (c2) Spend per Head on Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (£)

  

 1997-98
 1998-99
 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05
 2005-06
 2006-07


 9
 10
 10
 11
 13
 16
 17
 17
 18
 20



  (d) Spend per Head on Transport (£)

  

 1997-98
 1998-99
 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05
 2005-06
 2006-07


 36
 35
 52
 72
 92
 104
 146
 160
 160
 321



  (e) Spend per Head on Enterprise and Lifelong Learning (£)

  

 1997-98
 1998-99
 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05
 2005-06
 2006-07


 350
 360
 400
 400
 410
 450
 460
 520
 520
 550

Scottish Government Funding

Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been provided in each of the last three years to each local authority area under the (a) the Community Regeneration, (b) Working for Families, (c) Changing Children’s Services (social inclusion element), (d) Community Voices, (e) Financial Inclusion, (f) Workforce Plus and (g) More Choices, More Chances funds, also giving the total for all seven funds.

Stewart Maxwell: The funding to each local authority area for each of the last three years for each of the named funds are shown in the tables below.

  2005-06 Allocations (£ Million)

  

 Local Authority
 CRF
 CV
 WFF
 WF+ (inc NFF)
 MCMC
 FIF
 CCSF#
 Total


 Aberdeen City 
 1.22
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.16
 1.44


 Aberdeenshire
 0.14
 0.03
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.21
 0.38


 Angus
 0.2
 0.03
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.1
 0.33


 Argyll and Bute
 0.99
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.09
 1.14


 Clackmannanshire
 1.1
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.05
 1.21


 Dumfries and Galloway
 0.68
 0.03
 0.6
 -
 -
 -
 0.15
 1.46


 Dundee City 
 5.78
 0.24
 1
 -
 -
 -
 0.17
 7.19


 East Ayrshire
 4.03
 0.06
 0.6
 -
 -
 -
 0.13
 4.82


 E Dunbartonshire 
 0.27
 0.03
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.07
 0.37


 East Lothian 
 0.13
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.08
 0.27


 East Renfrewshire 
 0.41
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.06
 0.53


 Edinburgh, City of
 7.18
 0.3
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.36
 7.84


 Eilean Siar
 0.36
 0.03
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.03
 0.42


 Falkirk 
 0.79
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.13
 0.98


 Fife 
 1.85
 0.12
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.33
 2.3


 Glasgow City 
 39.92
 0.78
 2.5
 -
 -
 -
 0.8
 44


 Highland 
 0.61
 0.06
 0.6
 -
 -
 -
 0.22
 1.49


 Inverclyde
 5.38
 0.06
 0.6
 -
 -
 -
 0.09
 6.13


 Midlothian 
 0.1
 0.03
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.07
 0.2


 Moray
 0.36
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.07
 0.49


 North Ayrshire
 3.4
 0.06
 1
 -
 -
 -
 0.15
 4.61


 North Lanarkshire 
 9.85
 0.18
 1.5
 -
 -
 -
 0.33
 11.86


 Orkney Islands 
 0.1
 0.03
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.02
 0.15


 Perth and Kinross
 0.2
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.12
 0.38


 Renfrewshire
 4.53
 0.06
 1
 -
 -
 -
 0.17
 5.76


 Scottish Borders
 0.2
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.1
 0.36


 Shetland Islands 
 0.1
 0.03
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.03
 0.16


 South Ayrshire
 1.77
 0.12
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.09
 1.98


 South Lanarkshire 
 6.86
 0.12
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.28
 7.26


 Stirling 
 0.41
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.08
 0.55


 W Dunbartonshire 
 4.96
 0.06
 0.6
 -
 -
 -
 0.11
 5.73


 West Lothian 
 0.68
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0.16
 0.9


 Total
 104.56
 3.12
 10
 
 
 
 5
 122.64



  2006-07 Allocations (£ Million)

  

 Local Authority
 CRF
 CV
 WFF
WF+ (inc NFF)#
 MCMC#
 FIF
 CCSF#
 Total


 Aberdeen City 
 1.23
 0.08
 0.45
 0.12
 0.04
 -
 0.15
 2.07


 Aberdeenshire
 0.14
 0.03
 0.35
 0.01
 0.04
 -
 0.22
 0.79


 Angus
 0.20
 0.03
 0.35
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.1
 0.72


 Argyll and Bute
 0.79
 0.05
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.09
 0.97


 Clackmannanshire
 1.11
 0.05
 0.35
 0
 0.21
 -
 0.05
 1.77


 Dumfries and Galloway
 0.61
 0.03
 0.6
 0.11
 0.04
 -
 0.15
 1.54


 Dundee City 
 5.67
 0.19
 1
 0.56
 0.21
 0.45
 0.15
 8.23


 East Ayrshire
 3.53
 0.1
 0.6
 0.02
 0.21
 0.35
 0.13
 4.94


 E Dunbartonshire 
 0.27
 0.03
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.07
 0.41


 East Lothian 
 0.1
 0.05
 -
 0.02
 0.04
 -
 0.08
 0.29


 East Renfrewshire 
 0.41
 0.05
 -
 0.04
 0.04
 -
 0.06
 0.6


 Edinburgh, City of
 6.68
 0.24
 0.75
 0.16
 0.04
 -
 0.34
 8.21


 Eilean Siar
 0.29
 0.03
 -
 0
 0.04
 0.3
 0.03
 0.69


 Falkirk 
 0.95
 0.05
 0.45
 0.03
 0.04
 -
 0.13
 1.65


 Fife 
 2.32
 0.1
 0.75
 0.07
 0.04
 -
 0.33
 3.61


 Glasgow City 
 42.53
 0.95
 2.5
 1.24
 0.21
 0.9
 0.76
 49.09


 Highland 
 0.61
 0.05
 0.6
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.23
 1.53


 Inverclyde
 4.88
 0.12
 0.6
 0.47
 0.21
 0.6
 0.09
 6.97


 Midlothian 
 0.1
 0.03
 0.35
 0.02
 0.04
 -
 0.08
 0.62


 Moray
 0.29
 0.05
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.08
 0.46


 North Ayrshire
 3.67
 0.1
 1
 0
 0.21
 0.3
 0.15
 5.43


 North Lanarkshire 
 11.44
 0.26
 1.5
 0.87
 0.04
 0.5
 0.35
 14.96


 Orkney Islands 
 0.1
 0.03
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.02
 0.19


 Perth and Kinross
 0.2
 0.05
 -
 0.08
 0.04
 -
 0.13
 0.5


 Renfrewshire
 4.55
 0.12
 1
 0.5
 0.04
 0.45
 0.17
 6.83


 Scottish Borders
 0.16
 0.05
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.1
 0.35


 Shetland Islands 
 0.1
 0.03
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.03
 0.2


 South Ayrshire
 1.36
 0.1
 -
 0.1
 0.04
 -
 0.1
 1.7


 South Lanarkshire 
 7.33
 0.19
 0.75
 0.77
 0.04
 0.5
 0.29
 9.87


 Stirling 
 0.41
 0.05
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.08
 0.58


 W Dunbartonshire 
 4.46
 0.1
 0.6
 0.38
 0.21
 0.6
 0.11
 6.46


 West Lothian 
 0.68
 0.05
 0.45
 0
 0.04
 0.35
 0.16
 1.73


 Total
 107.17
 3.44
 15
 5.57
 2.47
 5.3
 5
 143.95



  2007-08 Allocations (£ Million)

  

 Local Authority
 CRF
 CV
 WFF
WF+ (inc NFF)#
 MCMC#
 FIF
 CCSF#
 Total


 Aberdeen City 
 1.28
 0.08
 0.45
 0.12
 0.04
 -
 0.15
 2.12


 Aberdeenshire
 0.14
 0.03
 0.35
 0.01
 0.04
 -
 0.22
 0.79


 Angus
 0.21
 0.03
 0.35
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.1
 0.73


 Argyll and Bute
 0.64
 0.05
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.09
 0.82


 Clackmannanshire
 1.16
 0.05
 0.35
 0
 0.21
 -
 0.05
 1.82


 Dumfries and Galloway
 0.64
 0.03
 0.6
 0.11
 0.04
 -
 0.15
 1.57


 Dundee City 
 5.93
 0.14
 1
 0.56
 0.21
 0.45
 0.15
 8.44


 East Ayrshire
 3.25
 0.1
 0.6
 0.02
 0.21
 0.35
 0.13
 4.66


 E Dunbartonshire 
 0.29
 0.03
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.07
 0.43


 East Lothian 
 0.1
 0.04
 -
 0.02
 0.04
 -
 0.08
 0.28


 East Renfrewshire 
 0.43
 0.05
 -
 0.04
 0.04
 -
 0.06
 0.62


 Edinburgh, City of
 6.18
 0.18
 0.75
 0.16
 0.04
 -
 0.34
 7.65


 Eilean Siar
 0.19
 0.03
 -
 0
 0.04
 0.3
 0.03
 0.59


 Falkirk 
 1
 0.05
 0.45
 0.03
 0.04
 -
 0.13
 1.7


 Fife 
 2.42
 0.1
 0.75
 0.07
 0.04
 -
 0.33
 3.71


 Glasgow City 
 44.46
 0.95
 2.5
 1.24
 0.21
 0.9
 0.76
 51.02


 Highland 
 0.64
 0.05
 0.6
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.23
 1.56


 Inverclyde
 4.38
 0.12
 0.6
 0.47
 0.21
 0.6
 0.09
 6.47


 Midlothian 
 0.1
 0.03
 0.35
 0.02
 0.04
 -
 0.08
 0.62


 Moray
 0.19
 0.04
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.08
 0.35


 North Ayrshire
 3.84
 0.1
 1
 0
 0.21
 0.3
 0.15
 5.6


 North Lanarkshire 
 11.97
 0.26
 1.5
 0.87
 0.04
 0.5
 0.35
 15.49


 Orkney Islands 
 0.1
 0.03
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.02
 0.19


 Perth and Kinross
 0.21
 0.04
 -
 0.08
 0.04
 -
 0.13
 0.5


 Renfrewshire
 4.77
 0.12
 1
 0.5
 0.04
 0.45
 0.17
 7.05


 Scottish Borders
 0.14
 0.04
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.1
 0.32


 Shetland Islands 
 0.1
 0.03
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.03
 0.2


 South Ayrshire
 0.93
 0.07
 -
 0.1
 0.04
 -
 0.1
 1.24


 South Lanarkshire 
 7.67
 0.19
 0.75
 0.77
 0.04
 0.5
 0.29
 10.21


 Stirling 
 0.43
 0.05
 -
 0
 0.04
 -
 0.08
 0.6


 W Dunbartonshire 
 3.96
 0.1
 0.6
 0.38
 0.21
 0.6
 0.11
 5.96


 West Lothian 
 0.71
 0.05
 0.45
 0
 0.04
 0.35
 0.16
 1.76


 Total
 108.46
 3.26
 15
 5.57
 2.47
 5.3
 5
 145.06



  Notes:

  CRF = Community Regeneration Fund.

  CV = Community Voices.

  WFF = Working For Families.

  WF+ (inc NFF) = Workforce Plus including the New Futures Fund.

  MCMC = More Choices More Chances.

  FIF = Financial Inclusion Fund.

  CCSF = Changing Children’s Services Fund.

  # - Funding from the Scottish Government Social Inclusion budget.

Scottish Government Funding

Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive much funding will be provided to each local authority area through the Fairer Scotland Fund over the next three financial years.

Stewart Maxwell: Allocations of the Fairer Scotland fund to each local authority area for 2008-09 – 2010-11 are as follows.

  

 Local Authority Area
Funding in 2008-09
(£ Million)
Funding in 2009-10
(£ Million)
Funding in 2010-11
(£ Million)
Total
(£ Million)


 Aberdeen City
 2.118
 2.481
 2.843
 7.442


 Aberdeenshire
 0.791
 1.038
 1.286
 3.115


 Angus
 0.735
 0.988
 1.240
 2.963


 Argyll and Bute
 0.826
 0.965
 1.104
 2.895


 Clackmannanshire
 1.823
 2.043
 2.263
 6.129


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1.574
 1.634
 1.694
 4.902


 Dundee City
 8.441
 8.286
 8.131
 24.858


 East Ayrshire
 4.652
 4.621
 4.589
 13.862


 East Dunbartonshire
 0.426
 0.523
 0.621
 1.57


 East Lothian
 0.279
 0.413
 0.546
 1.238


 East Renfrewshire
 0.624
 0.575
 0.526
 1.725


 Edinburgh, City of
 7.645
 7.599
 7.554
 22.798


 Eilean Siar
 0.589
 0.545
 0.500
 1.634


 Falkirk
 1.698
 1.955
 2.212
 5.865


 Fife
 3.709
 4.692
 5.675
 14.076


 Glasgow City
 51.014
 51.491
 51.969
 154.474


 Highland
 1.563
 1.959
 2.354
 5.876


 Inverclyde
 6.470
 6.125
 5.780
 18.375


 Midlothian
 0.620
 0.718
 0.817
 2.155


 Moray
 0.343
 0.422
 0.500
 1.265


 North Ayrshire
 5.596
 5.427
 5.258
 16.281


 North Lanarkshire
 15.488
 14.339
 13.190
 43.017


 Orkney Islands
 0.189
 0.345
 0.500
 1.034


 Perth and Kinross
 0.494
 0.847
 1.200
 2.541


 Renfrewshire
 7.043
 6.348
 5.654
 19.045


 Scottish Borders
 0.315
 0.527
 0.739
 1.581


 Shetland Islands
 0.196
 0.348
 0.500
 1.044


 South Ayrshire
 1.234
 1.452
 1.670
 4.356


 South Lanarkshire
 10.210
 8.164
 6.117
 24.491


 Stirling
 0.598
 0.752
 0.906
 2.256


 West Dunbartonshire
 5.946
 5.507
 5.067
 16.52


 West Lothian
 1.767
 1.880
 1.993
 5.64


 Total
 145
 145
 145
 435

Scottish Government Funding

Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive on what basis the Fairer Scotland Fund will be distributed to each local authority area.

Stewart Maxwell: Allocations of the Fairer Scotland Fund are based on levels of need in each local authority area, identified by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2006, and have been calculated in a transparent and equitable way. Allocations reflect both concentrations of multiple deprivation and patterns of individual deprivation.

Scottish Government Funding

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the Barnett consequentials that it has received from the UK Government in this financial year.

John Swinney: Since 2004, the Scottish Government have received the following additional Barnett consequentials for the 2007-08 financial year:

  

 
£ Million


 Pre Budget Report-2004
 2007-08


 Employer Training Pilots
 13.385


 Child Care
 13.182


 Financial Inclusion Fund
 3.066


 Bookstart and early Education
 1.938


 Total
 31,571


 Budget 2005
 


 Free Bus Travel for Pensioners
 37.485


 DfES Increases
 31.926


 Arts Council
 0.663


 Russell Commission
 6.836


 DTI Enterprise Measures
 10.608


 Total
 87.518


 Pre Budget Report 2005
 


 Holocaust Education Trust
 0.200


 Education Exports
 0.300


 Youth Services Provision
 2.700


 Carbon Trust Loans
 2.000


 Heating for Pensioners 
 10.600


 Employer Training Pilots
 3.800


 Children’s Measures
 2.700


 Total
 22.300


 Budget 2006
 


 Education
 37.011


 Further Education
 4.766


 Education and Science
 0.913


 Grass roots sport
 0.101


 Women in Work Commission
 2.028


 Smart Metering (Capital Grants)
 0.101


 Football Foundation
 0.101


 Education and Exports 
 0.203


 Education and Youth media
 0.304


 Workplace nurseries
 0.811


 Education and ICT
 0.507


 Invest to Save Budget: Round 8 Allocations
 0.752


 Total
 47.598


 Pre Budget Report 2006
 


 Education-Books for 11 year olds and Expand Book time
 0.374


 Education-Secondary Catch Up
 1.010


 Education –School Standards grant
 13.130


 Gower’s Review (New Trading Standards Power on Copyright)
 0.423


 Local Better Regulation Office (Regulation Office)
 0.273


 Retail Enforcement Pilot
 0.152


 Warm Front/Fuel Poverty
 0.636


 Total
 15.997


 Budget 2007
 


 Environment - microgeneration
 0.606


 Invest to Save 
 0.287


 Total
 0.893


 Total 2007-08 Budget Consequentials
 205.877

Scottish Government Funding

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how much each eligible local authority received from the Cities Growth Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

John Swinney: The following table shows how much was paid to the six local authorities eligible to receive funding from the Cities Growth Fund in each year since 2005-06.

  £000

  

 Council
 2005-06
 2006-07
 2007-08
 Total Paid


 Aberdeen 
 7,226
 5,369
 3,296
 15,891


 Dundee City
 3,315
 3,698
 9,409
 16,422


 City of Edinburgh 
 9,529
 17,204
 15,312
 42,045


 Glasgow City
 14,094
 22,487
 24,820
 61,401


 Highland 
 280
 1,609
 2,649
 4,538


 Stirling 
 0
 1,973
 630
 2,603


 Total
 34,444
 52,340
 56,116
 142,900



  Note: Funding allocations were announced at the outset for each eligible council but councils only drew down their funding as they incurred expenditure. As a result, the amounts paid are uneven over the period shown.